WiV SunGod made it two wins from two at the Galashiels round of the 2022 Sportsbreaks.com Tour Series thanks to a remarkable victory for Jim Brown. Cams-Basso also took a brace, as Megan Barker prevailed in a tight three-rider sprint to take her first win of the year.

Report

Women’s race

While the opening round of the season was a breakaway showcase for Sophie Lewis (CAMS-Basso Bikes), Jo Tindley, and Lucy Ellmore (both Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen), this time out was a much more cagey affair with no one really able to make a breakaway move stick.

A few riders did try to force some action at the front – notably Barker and Tindley – but on the rapid 1 km course, it wasn’t so easy to actually stay away for anything more than a few laps.

The first time anyone managed to make a break of any significance was just at the halfway mark as Frankie Morgans Slader (AWOL O’Shea) broke off the front and built up a nine-second gap in just a few laps. However, with National Circuit Race Champion Tindley marshalling the lead group, her lead was snuffed out only a few minutes later.

That was the last break, as the lead group of roughly 16 riders started to battle with each other, the only real distinction in the final third of the race being who was on the front – a position taken quite regularly by Sophie Coldwell (Loughborough Lightning) in what was a great race for her.

Being kept in a large group meant that the race was always going to end in what would be a thrilling sprint finish, and they didn’t disappoint.

Heading out of a left-hand kink onto the wide finishing straight, it was Tindley who seemed to have the initiative, but from behind her rear wheel Barker burst out to Tindley’s left and unleashed a mammoth burst of power to pull just clear.

She crossed the line half-a-bike length ahead, with Emma Jeffers (Jadan-Vive Le Velo) putting in a wicked final punch of her own to take second by what must have been less than half-a-wheel from Tindley despite being a junior, running on junior gears. Second for her in Scotland adds another great result to her impressive fourth-place at Gent-Wevelgem Juniors back in March.

Winning the second sprint, and placing highly in all the others, means Tindley retains the sprint competition jersey heading into the next round in Sunderland on Tuesday 10 May. And her team Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes p/b Heidi Kjeldsen now have a healthy six point lead in the team competition too.

Men’s race

Compared to the utter domination of Guisborough, the second round proved to be a real duel for the WiV SunGod squad as defending champions Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling took the race to them.

An early split in the peloton resulted in four Wiv SunGod riders – Matt Gibson, Matt Bostock, Jim Brown and Jacob Scott – all being present in their yellow leaders’ jerseys. Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling more than matched them this time round, however, placing a full complement of riders upfront.

What that resulted in was a pretty cat-and-mouse sort of running, with riders sporadically bursting off the front before being reeled back in. The only thing those attacks really did was force the pace at the front, with only a dozen or so riders really keeping up with the constant Ribble and WiV attacks – Noah Hobbs (Tekkerz), Josh Tarling (Wales Racing Academy) and Leon Mazzone notable amongst the additions.

The first move of real significance came from a move off the front by Jacob Scott and Ribble’s Stuart Balfour, who pedalled clear just after the 30 minute mark. The pair opened up half-a-dozen seconds or so, but were pulled back in again with just 10 minutes of the 60-minute race to go.

There was no chance to rest, as what proved to be the decisive move came right on the hour mark. Jim Brown broke clear, joined by Finn Crockett (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling) and despite the pair being caught by the group on the final lap, Brown had enough energy to showcase a blistering sprint to take the win.

Matt Bostock took the runner-up spot for the second race in a row, his speed on the long finishing straight putting him just ahead of Crockett as they sprinted to the line. Junior Noah Hobbs scored another impressive result in fourth place, backing up his sixth at Guisborough’s opening round.

WiV SunGod also took the team victory for the round, meaning they extend their overall team lead over Wales Racing Academy, who remain in second, with Tekkerz in third. Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling’s strong performance moved them up to fourth overall.

Matt Bostock remains the sprints competition leader.

Results

Women’s results

Individual classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Behind
1	1	Megan Barker	CAMS – Basso	54	1:06:06.625
2	40	Emma Jeffers	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	54	1:06:06.702	+0.077
3	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	54	1:06:06.713	+0.011
4	77	Sophie Coldwell	Loughborough Lightning	54	1:06:06.971	+0.258
5	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	54	1:06:07.227	+0.256
6	14	Isabel Darvill	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	54	1:06:07.693	+0.466
7	34	Beth Harley- Jepson	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	54	1:06:07.913	+0.220
8	54	Charlotte Berry	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	54	1:06:08.134	+0.221
9	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	54	1:06:08.540	+0.406
10	13	Corinne Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	54	1:06:08.599	+0.059
11	82	Frankie Morgans Slader	AWOL O’Shea	54	1:06:08.762	+0.163
12	109	Hannah Bayes	Saint Piran WRT	54	1:06:08.837	+0.075
13	123	Sophie Enever	Alba Development Road Team	54	1:06:09.145	+0.308
14	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	54	1:06:09.220	+0.075
15	42	Amy Graham	Team Boompods	54	1:06:09.271	+0.051
16	95	Lee Boon	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	54	1:06:09.538	+0.267
17	23	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	54	1:06:10.112	+0.574
18	11	Amy Gornall	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	54	1:06:19.071	+8.959
19	22	Lucy Lee	Team LDN – Brother UK	54	1:06:52.259	+33.188
20	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	54	1:06:57.556	+5.297
21	2	Jess Finney	CAMS – Basso	51	1:03:04.517	+3 Laps
22	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	50	1:02:39.898	+1 Lap
23	118	Megan Anderson	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	50	1:02:41.888	+1.990
24	124	Kate Richardson	Alba Development Road Team	50	1:02:41.951	+0.063
25	53	Becks Durrell	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	50	1:02:43.181	+1.230
26	84	Charlotte Broughton	AWOL O’Shea	50	1:02:43.349	+0.168
27	45	Mary Wilkinson	Team Boompods	50	1:02:44.996	+1.647
28	21	Harriet Dodd	Team LDN – Brother UK	50	1:02:45.463	+0.467
29	56	Maddy Nutt	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	50	1:02:45.671	+0.208
30	57	Sam Fawcett	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	50	1:02:46.160	+0.489
31	93	Kim Cadzow	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	50	1:02:46.489	+0.329
32	108	Gemma Sargent	Saint Piran WRT	50	1:02:47.646	+1.157
33	33	Suzetta Guerrini	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	50	1:02:58.282	+10.636
34	125	Beth Maciver	Alba Development Road Team	50	1:02:58.996	+0.714
35	121	Victoria Smith	Alba Development Road Team	49	1:02:50.379	+1 Lap
36	29	Sian Botteley	Team LDN – Brother UK	49	1:02:53.021	+2.642
37	65	Ellen Bennett	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	49	1:02:53.384	+0.363
38	37	Louise Scupham	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	49	1:02:55.781	+2.397
39	119	Laura Cheesman	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	49	1:02:59.428	+3.647
40	111	Nicola Soden	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	49	1:03:01.074	+1.646
41	62	Daisy Barnes	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	49	1:03:03.416	+2.342
42	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	49	1:03:05.075	+1.659
43	73	Emily Tillett	Loughborough Lightning	49	1:03:25.079	+20.004
44	122	Sophie Lankford	Alba Development Road Team	48	1:02:40.992	+1 Lap
45	25	Danni Watkinson	Team LDN – Brother UK	48	1:02:52.816	+11.824
46	44	Hannah Farran	Team Boompods	48	1:03:25.141	+32.325
47	74	Flora Knight	Loughborough Lightning	47	1:03:18.889	+1 Lap
48	8	Sophie Thackray	CAMS – Basso	47	1:03:18.903	+0.014
49	112	Isabella Johnson	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	46	1:02:53.320	+1 Lap
50	38	Rebakah Nash	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	45	1:02:54.394	+1 Lap
51	68	Ellen Inglis	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	45	1:02:57.763	+3.369
52	97	Jenny Hofmann	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	44	1:02:57.929	+1 Lap
53	110	Jenny Bolsom	Saint Piran WRT	41	1:03:11.246	+3 Laps
DNF	55	Gaby Shaw	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	32	0:40:46.696
DNF	75	Roisin Lally	Loughborough Lightning	26	0:34:43.220
DNF	104	Madeleine Gammons	Saint Piran WRT	21	0:29:22.939
DNF	102	Sophie Earl	Saint Piran WRT	0	0.966
DNS	6	Ella Barnwell	CAMS – Basso	0
DNS	61	Abi Cooper	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	0

Team classification

Round

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	3:18:22.946	10
2	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	3:20:15.160	9
3	Team LDN – Brother UK	3:20:49.071	8
4	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	3:20:54.902	7
5	Team Boompods	3:21:36.157	6
6	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	3:21:39.294	5
7	Alba Development Road Team	3:21:53.368	4
8	Loughborough Lightning	3:22:09.543	3
9	CAMS – Basso	3:22:25.068	2
10	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	3:23:15.150	1
11	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	3:34:21.218	0
12	Saint Piran WRT	3:37:11.243	0

Overall

Rank	Team	Points
1	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	20
2	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	14
3	Team Boompods	14
4	Team LDN – Brother UK	13
5	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	11
6	CAMS – Basso	11
7	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	9
8	Alba Development Road Team	7
9	Loughborough Lightning	5
10	AWOL O’Shea	4
11	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	1
12	Saint Piran WRT	1
13	Brother UK – Orientation Marketing	0

Sprints classification

Round

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	17
2	77	Sophie Coldwell	Loughborough Lightning	13
3	1	Megan Barker	CAMS – Basso	11
4	40	Emma Jeffers	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	7
5	54	Charlotte Berry	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	5
6	23	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	3
7	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	2
8	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	1
9	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	1

Overall

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Jo Tindley	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	36
2	7	Sophie Lewis	CAMS – Basso	16
3	16	Lucy Ellmore	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	14
4	77	Sophie Coldwell	Loughborough Lightning	13
5	1	Megan Barker	CAMS – Basso	11
6	40	Emma Jeffers	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	7
7	54	Charlotte Berry	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	5
8	23	Sammie Stuart	Team LDN – Brother UK	5
9	71	Frankie Hall	Loughborough Lightning	4
10	41	Ellen McDermott	Team Boompods	3
11	34	Beth Harley- Jepson	Jadan – Vive Le Velo	2
11	13	Corinne Side	Pro-Noctis – Rotor – Redchilli Bikes	2
13	92	Holly Breck	Torelli – Cayman Islands – Scimitar	1
13	113	Sophie Holmes	Datalynx – Parenesis Cycling	1

Men’s results

Individual classification

Rank	#	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Behind
1	13	Jim Brown	Wiv SunGod	60	05:18.4
2	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	60	05:18.8	0.426
3	3	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60	05:18.9	0.086
4	44	Noah Hobbs	TEKKERZ	60	05:19.4	0.498
5	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60	05:19.5	0.15
6	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60	05:20.2	0.679
7	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	60	05:20.3	0.094
8	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	60	05:20.4	0.128
9	30	Joshua Tarling	Wales Racing Academy	60	05:21.6	1.147
10	76	Cai Davies	Embark – BikeStrong	60	05:21.7	0.081
11	16	Thomas Mein	Wiv SunGod	60	05:21.7	0.073
12	58	Bradley Symonds	Saint Piran	60	05:21.8	0.01
13		Stuart Balfour	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	60	05:22.1	0.297
14	66	Max Walker	TRINITY Racing	60	05:22.2	0.193
15	27	William Truelove	Wales Racing Academy	60	05:22.5	0.27
16	98	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	60	05:24.3	1.787
17	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	60	05:33.3	9.024
18	33	Dan Barnes	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	60	06:10.9	37.523
19	46	Neil Phillips	TEKKERZ	60	06:11.4	0.536
20	102	Cameron McLaren	Nopinz Motip Race Team	56	02:23.1	+4 Laps
21	85	Kieran Riley	Team PB Performance	56	02:38.5	15.391
22	41	Alec Briggs	TEKKERZ	56	02:39.0	0.542
23	4	Cameron Jeffers	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	56	02:39.1	0.023
24	21	Joe Holt	Wales Racing Academy	56	02:39.4	0.348
25	78	David Hird	Embark – BikeStrong	56	02:40.7	1.284
26	36	Mikey Mottram	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	56	02:41.5	0.771
27	79	Joseph Rees	Embark – BikeStrong	56	02:41.7	0.243
28	101	Matt Witts	Nopinz Motip Race Team	56	02:42.8	1.132
29	122	Joe Shillabeer	05-03	56	02:43.6	0.708
30	52	Charles Page	Saint Piran	55	02:38.3	+1 Lap
31	26	Owain Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	55	02:40.3	1.986
32	59	Theo Obholzer	Saint Piran	55	02:40.3	0.067
33	117	Scott Redding	SRCT Muc-off	55	02:40.5	0.141
34	34	Freddie Scheske	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	55	02:41.3	0.816
35	116	Thomas Lowther	SRCT Muc-off	55	02:42.7	1457
36	104	Lucas Byam	Nopinz Motip Race Team	55	02:42.8	0.055
37	95	Conor Schunk	Global 6 Cycling	55	02:43.2	0.35
38	121	Harrison Hunter	05/03	55	02:43.3	0.152
39	125	Jordan Retallack	05/03	55	02:44.1	0.749
40	103	Dave Roper	Nopinz Motip Race Team	55	02:48.3	4.297
41	29	William Roberts	Wales Racing Academy	55	02:48.8	0.413
42	83	Hefin Evans	Team PB Performance	54	02:15.3	+1 Lap
43	56	Stephen Bradbury	Saint Piran	53	02:18.8	+1 Lap
44	99	Alex Williams	Global 6 Cycling	53	02:20.6	1.794
45	81	James Bentley	Team PB Performance	53	02:20.7	0.013
46	124	Rob McPherson	05/03	53	02:25.3	4.61
47	72	James Bevan	Embark – BikeStrong	53	02:47.9	22.659
48	77	Iwan Evans	Embark – BikeStrong	52	02:19.5	+1 Lap
49	90	Chris Walkinshaw	Team PB Performance	50	02:19.0	+2 Laps
DNF	43	Benjamin Tuchner	TEKKERZ	49	57:17.7
DNF	92	Miguel Fernandez	Global 6 Cycling	33	38:26.9
DNF	31	Ben Chilton	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	28	33:13.3
DNF	113	Matthew Warhurst	SRCT Muc-off	24	28:28.3
DNF	42	Jon Mould	TEKKERZ	9	o: 10:23.037
DNF	123	Harry Jukes	05/03	6	07:29.2
DNF	87	Tom Sharpies	Team PB Performance	4	04:18.7
DNF	65	Oliver Rees	TRINITY Racing	4	04:19.5
DNS	35	Isaac Mundy	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	0
DNS	114	Matthew Ellis	SRCT Muc-off	0
DNS	119	Luke Norris	SRCT Muc-off	0

Team classification

Round

Rank	Team	Time	Points
1	Wiv SunGod	3:15:57.5	10
2	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	3:15:58.7	9
3	Wales Racing Academy	3:17:52.1	8
4	TEKKERZ	3:8:38.3	7
5	Saint Piran	3:19:02.1	6
6	Embark – BikeStrong	3:19:41.4	5
7	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	3:21:44.2	4
8	Nopinz Motip Race Team	3:22:27.0	3
9	05/03	3:24:04.0	2
10	Global 6 Cycling	3:24:24.2	1
11	Team PB Performance	26:51.9	0
12	SRCT Muc-off	37:34.0	0

Overall

Rank	Team	Points
1	Wiv SunGod	20
2	Wales Racing Academy	17
3	TEKKERZ	15
4	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	14
5	Saint Piran	12
6	Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus	7
7	Nopinz Motip Race Team	7
8	TRINITY Racing	7
9	Embark – BikeStrong	6
10	05/03	2
11	Team PB Performance	2
12	Global 6 Cycling	1
13	SRCT Muc-off	0

Sprints classification

Round

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	13
2	13	Jim Brown	Wiv SunGod	7
3	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
4	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	6
5	3	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
6	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	6
7	1	Stuart Balfour	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	5
8	30	Joshua Tarling	Wales Racing Academy	4
9	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	4
10	44	Noah Hobbs	TEKKERZ	2
11	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	1

Overall

Rank	#	Name	Team	Points
1	15	Matthew Bostock	Wiv SunGod	29
2	16	Thomas Mein	Wiv SunGod	20
3	9	Harry Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	12
4	14	Matthew Gibson	Wiv SunGod	11
5	12	Jacob Scott	Wiv SunGod	10
6	13	Jim Brown	Wiv SunGod	7
7	3	Finn Crockett	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
8	8	Charlie Tanfield	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
9	1	Stuart Balfour	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	5
10	30	Joshua Tarling	Wales Racing Academy	4
11	52	Charles Page	Saint Piran	3
12	98	Kiaan Watts	Global 6 Cycling	2
12	44	Noah Hobbs	TEKKERZ	2
14	54	Leon Mazzone	Saint Piran	2
15	65	Oliver Rees	TRINITY Racing	1